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Patented Dec. 10, 1940 VALVE MEOHANISM TEMPERATURE REGULATOR Charles A. Chayne and JohnDolza, Flint, Mich.,

assignors to GeneralMotors Corporation, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Delaware Application November 18, 1936, Serial No..111,347

18` Claims.

This invention has to do with internal combustion engine valve mechanisms andhas for its principal object to provide means for raisingthe valve mechanism to its normal operating temperature promptly after the engine is started and preventing the temperature of the valvevmechanism exceeding its normal value while the engine is operating so that normal valve operation will be attained as soon as possible after the engine is started and maintained as long as the engine is operating. The regulation of the temperature of the valve mechanism is preferably effected through regulation of the-temperature of the lubricant supplied to it with the result that not only is the principal object of the invention attained but also lubrication of the valve mechanism is improved.

For a better understanding of the objects and nature of this invention, reference is made to the following specification wherein are described the preferred embodiments-of the invention which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a fragmentary View, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal section, of an internal combustion engine with valve mechanism in which our invention is incorporated;

3 Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear end elevation4 of the engine shown in Figure 1 with the valve rocker arm cover broken away and in section;

Figures 3 and 4. are enlarged vertical longitudinal sections through the rear and front ends, respectively, of the valve rocker arm shaft and associated parts of the engine shown inthe` preceding figures;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary iront end elevation of the engine shown in the precedingl gures with parts broken away and in section;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken as indicated by the line 6 5. of Figure 1;

Figure 7 is a section taken as indicated by the line 'l--l of Figure 1;

Figure 8 is an enlargedv fragmentary section taken as indicated by the line 8-8of Figure 1;

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 1 of an internal combustion engine with valve mechanism in which there is incorporated. a modied form .of our. invention;

Figure l0 is an enlarged view of the tube assembly included in the form of ourl invention shown in Figure 9;

Figures l1 and 12 are enlarged sections taken,

respectively, as indicated by the lines ||4|| and |2|2`of Figure 10;

Figure 13 is a view, similar to Figure 5, of an internal combustion engine in which there is incorporated another form of our invention; 5

Figure 14 is a view, similar to Figures 1 and 9, of the engine shown in Figure 13;

Figure l5`is an enlarged horizontal longitudinalsection through the front endof the valve rocker arm shaft and associated parts'of the 10v engine shown in Figures 13 and .14;

Figures 16 and 17 are sections through the rocker` arm shaft and associated parts of the engine `shown in Figures i3, llland 15 taken, A respectively, as indicated by the lines Iii-I6 15 and of Figure 15.

The .internal combustion engine shown in the drawings includes a cylinder block 2U to which there 'is secured a cylinder head 2|. To the iront end of the engine, there is secured a pump 2o 22 by which cooling water may be circulated through the water jacket of the engine and a water cooling radiator which is not shown in the drawings. On the top of the cylinder head 2|, there are mounted brackets 23 in which 25 there is clamped a hollow shaft 24 on which there are mounted rocker arms 25. In the hollow shaft 24, there are oriiices 26 through .which lubricant may' pass from` the interior of the shaft to the rocker arm bearings. eachof the rocker arms 25 is engaged by a push rod 21 which is actuated'. by the camshaft` of the engine whichr is not shown in the drawings. The other end of each of the rocker arms engages the upper end of the stem 28 of one 'of 35 the intake and exhaustv valves of the engine. Through the rocker arms 25' the push rods 2l open the intake and exhaust valves at the proper intervals. To close the valves there are providedsprings 29` which encircle the upper .ends 40 of the stems 28. 'Ihe elements of the valve mechanism of the engine which are disposed abovethe upper surface of the cylinder head 2| are enclosed within a removable cover 3l).-

In the embodiment .of the invention shownin 45E Figuresl to 8, there'is included a tube 3| which is cylindrical, except forl an intermediate portion.32 about equal in length to one-half of the total length of the tube. The external diameten of: the' cylindrical' portions of the tube 3|' 505 is smaller than the internal diameter of the hol- 10W shaft 24. The portion 32 of the tube 3| is: iiattened sufficiently to make its greater transverse dimension about equal to the internalY diameter of the'hollow shaft 24;

One end. of 301 The tube 3| is installed within the hollow shaft 24 with its cylindrical portions coaxial therewith and the attish portion 32 disposed vertically with its midpoint opposite one of the brackets 23 which is located about midway between the ends of the shaft. The rear end of the tube 3| is supported and the annular aperture between it andthe shaft 24 closed by a anged collar 33 which snugly embraces and is secured to the end of the tube and ts snugly within a counterbore in the rear end of the shaft. Over the front end of the tube 3|, there is snugly` sleeved and secured a hollow cap 34 into whose interior there extends a tapered transverse bore 35. The front end of the tube 3|v is supported and the annular aperture between the cap`34 and the shaft 24 closed by a collar 36 which is encircled between its ends by a iiange. The collar 35 snugly embraces the cap 34 ywith the portion on one side of the ange tting snugly within a counterbore in the front end of the shaft 24. Into the portion of the collar on the other side of the ange extends a transverse bore encircled by an internally threaded nipple 3T which is coaxial with the transverse bore 35 in the cap 34.

To conduct water into the tube 3|, there is provided a tube 38 vwhich is connected to the engine water jacket at the rear end of the engine and extends into and is secured in the rear end of the tube 3|. To conduct water from the tube 3|, there are provided tubes 39 and 4B and intersecting bores 4| in the cylinder head 2|. One end of the tube 39 extends into the interior of the cap 34 through the nipple 31 on the collar 35 and the bore 35 in the cap. A tting 42 which is threaded into the nipple 31 and extends into the bore 35 holds this end of the tube 39 in place and also secures the collar 36 to the cap 34. vThe other end of the tube 39 is connected to one end of the bores 4|. 'I'he tube 40 is connected to the other end of the bores 4| and to the intake tube 43 of the water pump 22.

Engine lubricant is introduced into the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 midway between the ends and on one .side of the flattish portion 32 by a tube 44, a bore 45 in the bracket 23 which is disposed midway between the ends of the lattish portion and an orice 46 in the shaft 24 which registers with the bore 45.`

The tube 44 is connected to the pressure side of the engine lubricant pump and to the outer end` of the bore 45.

i Whenthe engine shown in Figures 1 to 8 is operating, the engine lubricant pump forces lubricant into the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 midway between the ends and onone side of the iiattish portion 32 of the tubeand the water pump draws water through the tube 3| from the rear` end of the engine water jacket. From the point at which it is introduced into the aperturebetween the tube 3| and the shaft 24, the lubricant flows in both directions toward the ends of the aperture. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 8, all of the orifices 26 in the shaft 24 through which lubricant passes from the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 to. the rocker arm bearings vare located on the sidel of the attish portion 32 of the tube opposite that in which the orifice`46 is located. Consequently, since the rflattish portion ofthe tube 3l-extends all of the way -acrossthe interior of the shaft 24, lubricant must remain in heat exchanging relation with the water in the tube 3| for a distance equal at least to about one-quarter of the length of the tube before it can reach any of the orices 26. This circumstance, of course, increases the eiiciency of heat transfer between the water in the tube 3| and the valve mechanism and the introduction of the lubricant near the midpoint of the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 tends to render more uniform the temperature of the lubricant at different points in the length of the aperture.

Lubricant is introduced into the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 at a rate slightly in excess of the requirements of the valve mechanism. Therefore, to avoid an undesirable build up of pressure in the aperture and to keep the lubricant in the aperture in motion in order to promote uniformity of temperature at all points in the length of the aperture, there is provided in the upper side of the shaft 24 within the confines of the front bracket 23 an 'orifice 41 which opens into a short overow pipe 48 secured in a bore in the bracket. The lubricant which is discharged from the overflow pipe 48 drains back into the crankcase of the engine.

When the engine is first started, the cooling waterl is heated more rapidly than the lubricant and heatis, consequently, transferred from the cooling water in the tube 3| to the lubricant in the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 and thence to the elements of the valve mechanism which are disposed above the upper surface of the cylinder head 2|. However, after the engine has operated for some time, the temperature of the lubricant exceeds that of the cooling water. Thereafter, heat exchange between the elements of the valve mechanism which are disposed above the upper surface of the cylinder head and the cooling water in the tube 3| through the lubricant in the aperture between the tube 3| and the shaft 24 proceeds in the direction of the cooling water in the tube 3|. Consequently, our invention expedites the rise of the valve mechanism to its normal operating temperature after the engine is started and inhibits the temperature of the valve mechanism exceeding its normal valve when the engine is operating. Thus our invention tends to minimize variations in lash and other defects in the operationg of the valve mechanism which result from temperature variations or excesses and, because the temperature regulation is effected through the medium of the lubricant for the Valve mechanism,:to ,improve the lubrication of the valve mechanism. By regulating the temperature of the lubricant in the Valve mechanism, we avoid inefficacious heat gains and losses and are, therefore, able to employ satisfactorily thesimple and compact heat exchanger shown in the drawings.

In the embodiment of the invention which is shown in Figures 9 to 12, there is included a tube assembly which consists of a cylindrical tube D and a tube 5| whose internal and external diameters are, respectively, larger and smaller than the external diameter of the tube 50 and the internal diameter of the hollow shaft 24. The tube 5| is coaxial with and encircles all except the extremities of the tube 50. At one end, the tube 5| is reduced in diameter suiiiciently that it snugly embraces the tube 5|) and is secured to it. vFroma point a short distance from the end of the tube 5| which is reduced in diameter to its other end, there extend elongated indentations 52 which engage the tube 50 and keep the tubes :2;224gs7e :sov and 5| coaxial; frhroughthe:tube-szlfnearthe end which is reduced in diameter, there-.extends an. orifice 53. The portion ofzthetubei5| through which thelorice 53- extendsis snugly'embraced Vby ai sleeve54 whose external diameter is. equal tothe internal. diameter of the hollow shaft 24. In the sleeve.54, there is an orifice 55-which registers with the orice` 53 inthe tube5| anddiametrically opposite theorice a slot 56 which extends the full lengthof` the sleeve'.

Thetube assembly. is installed within the hollow shaft 24 so that Yitis coaxial-with it and with the open end ofthe `tube 5| nearest the frontof the engine and the sleeve 54A-tting snugly within the shaft v24.A The rearfend ofthe assembly is supported and the annular aperture between it and the shaft 24 closedbyla cap 5'|with an enlarged head. The cap 'ts snuglywithin the rear end of the shaft 24 and is sleeved snugly around and secured tothe rear end of the-tube 59. Into the interior of the cap 51through its enlarged head extends a transverse bore 58.- Over the front end of the tube 50, there is snugly sleeved and secured an externally tapered cap 59 into whose interor there extends av transverse bore 69.-

"coaxial with'and opens into the b'ore 69 in the The front end of the-tube assembly is supported and the annular aperture-between the cap 59 and the shaft 24 closed by an annular fitting 6| in which ythe tapered portion of the cap fits snugly'with a tubular extension which ts snugly within the front end of the shaft 24. The fitting 6| is secured to the -cap 59-by a nut 52 threaded on aV boss on theouter end of the cap. Into the fitting 6|, there extends a transverse bore, 63 which is cap 59.

Water is conducted into the rear end of the tube 59 through a tube KS4-which isY connected to the enginewaterY jacket at the rear end of the engine and extendsinto and is secured in the bore 58 in the cap 51. Water is conducted from the iront end of the'tube 50 through'tubes 55 and 66 andintersecting bores in the cylinder head The 2| which are not shown' in the drawings.

'tube E5 extends intoand is'secured in the bore 63 thetting'l and is connected to one end cf the intersecting bores in the'cylinder'head. The'tube 69 is connected to the otherend of the `intersecting bores in thecylinder head and to 'the intake'tube 43 of the water pump22.

Engine lubricant is conducted into the aperture between the tubesl 59 and. 57| by a tube B1,

a bore B8 in the rearmost bracketv 23, an orifice- .69 in the shaft 24 and theorices. 55. and 53 in the sleeve 54 andtube 5|. with which the bore 68.

andthe orificeSQ are alined. The tube 61 is connected to the pressure side. of the engine lubricant pump and to the inner end of the bore 60.1.68 in the bracket 23. From the orifice' 53 in the tube 5|, thelubricant flows through the aperture between the tubes 59 and 5| toward the front of the engine, out of thefront end of this aperture into the aperture between the tube '95| and the shaft 24 and through the last-nientioned aperture toward the rear of the engine. The lubricant reachesl the rearmost of the bores 26 through the slot 56 in the sleeve 54; To the upper side of the aperture between the tube 5| T@fand the shaft 24, there is connected througha bore 'l0 in the rearmost bracket 23` and an orifce 1| in the shaft 24 which opens into the slot E-in the sleeve 54 an overow tube 12 which leads to the crankcaseof the engine.

In the embodiment l of `the invention .whichi is.

shown in Figures 13v to 17, there is included a tube assembly which includes :two tubes 8| which are D-shaped in cross section. The tubes 8| are assembled withtheir atsides facing each other and a strip 83 interposed between them. The tubes 8| aresecured to opposite sides of the strip 83fatY their ends and at one end. are expanded to fitsnuglywithin a cap 84 whose external diameter is equal tothe internal diameter of the shaft 24 and issecured to them. The juxtaposed portionsy ofV theends of the tubes 8| and the strip 83 `which extendinto the cap are, as indicated at 85,V cut away to establish communication between thetubesi. at thatend. Between their ends, the tubes 9| are spread apart suiciently that they will span the interior of the shaft 24 and the strip 83 is twisted so that itbridges the gap between the tubes.

The tube assembly is disposed within the hollow shaft 24 with the end over which the cap'BLl is secured located nearest the rear end of the shaft. The tube assembly spans the interior of the shaft 24 horizontally but its upper and lower sides are separated therefrom by apertures 99 and 8l. The rear ends of the apertures 89 and Sl are closed by the cap 34.1 A counterbore 89 in the front end ofthe shaft 24 establishes communication between the front ends of the apertures 86 and 8T. The front end of the tube assembly is supported and the aperture between it and the counterbore 88 closed by a cap 99 with an enlargedl head which snugly embraces and is secured tothe front end of the tube assembly and tssnugly within the counterbore 88. The cap 99 is secured in place in the counterbore 88 by a spring ring 99. Into the enlarged head of the cap 89 extend two transverse bores 9| of which each opens into one of theftubes 8|. The rear endof the shaft 24 is closed by a plug 92.

Water is conducted into the front end of one of the tubes 8| by a tube 93 which is connected to the engine water jacket at the front end of the engine and extends into and is secured in one of the bores 9| in the cap 89. From the front end of the mentioned tube 8|, the water flows toward the rear of the engine, passes through the ori'ce 85 into the other tube 8| and flows therethrough toward the front of the engine. From the front end of the last-mentioned tube 8|, the water is conducted to the intake tube 43 of the water pump 22 by tubes 94 and 95 and intersecting bores 96 in the cylinder head 2|. The tube 94r extends into and is secured in the bore 9| in the cap 89 to which the tube 93'isnot connected and is connected to one end'of the intersecting bores 9S. The tube 95 is connected to the other end 'of the intersecting bores 95 and tothe intake tube 43 of the water pump 22.

EngineV lubricant is conducted into the aperture 81 between the lower side of the tube assembly and the shaft 24 near its closed end through a tube 91 which is connected to the pressureside of the engine lubricant pump, a borev 93 in` the rearmost bracket 23 towhich the tube 91 is connected and an orifice 99 in the shaft 24 into which the bore 98'. opens. From the borer 99, thelubricant flows through the aperture 81 toward the front of the engine and passes. through the counterbore 88 in the front end of the shaft intothe aperture 96 through which it flows towardl the rear of the engine.

and a bore in the rearmost bracket 23 an overflow tube 19 which leads to the crankcase of the engine.

In general, the modi operandi of the embodiments of the invention which are shown in Figures 9 to 12 and 13 to 17 are similar to that of the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 8 which has been fully described. The respects in which the modi operandi of the embodiments shown in Figures 9 to l2 and 13 to 17 differ from that of the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 8 and the advantages of the embodiments shown in Figures 9 to 12 and 13 to 17 seem apparent-from what we have said concerning the latter specifically. We, therefore, deem any further description of the modi operandi of the embodiments shown in Figures 9 to 12 and 13 to 17 and a discussion of their advantages unnecessary.

We claim:

1. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system in which there is included a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid therethrough, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a tube'which ex-y of the shaft and the tube at which it is flattened suflciently to make its greater transverse dimension substantially equal to the internal diameter of the hollow shaft, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube on one side of the flattened zone of the tube, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube to the valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which one end of the tube is connected to the temperature regulating liquid jacket of the engine and the other to the intake side of the first specified means so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the tube in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube when the engine is operating.

2. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system in which there is included a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid therethrough, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which includes a hollow Shaft, a tube which extends through and is radially spaced from the hollow shaft, a tube which encircles the first specified tube and is radially spaced from it and the hollow shaft and closed at one end, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into the aperture between tlie specified tubes near the closed end of the second specified tube, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between the hollow shaft and the second specified tube tothe valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which` one end of the first specified tube is connected to the temperature regulating liquid jacket of the engine and the other to the intake side of the first specified means so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the first specified tube in heat exchanging relation with vthe lubricant in the aperture between the specified tubes when the engine is operating.

3. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system in which there is included a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid therethrough, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which `includes a hollow shaft, a member in which there is a U-shaped duct and subdivides the hollow shaft transversely except at one end, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into one of the vapertures between the hollow shaft and the specified member near the end at which the apertures do not communicate, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from one of the apertures between it and the specified member to the valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which one leg of the U- shaped duct is connected to the temperature regulating liquid jacket of the engine and the other to the intake side of the first specified means so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the duct in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the apertures between the hollow shaft and the duct when the engine is operating.

4. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system which includes a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid therethrough, means for advancing lubricant tov moving parts, alve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a member in which there is a U- shaped duct disposed within the hollow shaft so that there is an aperture between it and the hollow shaft, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into the aperture between the hollow shaft and the specified member, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between it and the specified member to the valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which the first specified means is connected to one leg of the U-shaped duct so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the-duct in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the aperture between the hollow shaft and the duct when the engine is operating.

5. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system which includes a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid through it, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a tube which is disposed within the hollow shaft so that there is an aperture between it and the hollow shaft, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into the aperture between the tube and the hollow shaft so that it flows toward one and then toward the other end of the hollow shaft, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube to the valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which the rst specified means is connected to one end of the tube so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the latter in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the aperture between the tube andthe hollow shaft when the engine is operating.

6."In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature lregulating system which includes a temperature regulating liquidjacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid through it, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a tube which extends through and is radially spaced from the hollow shaft except in a zone between the ends of theihollow shaft and the tube kat which it is flattened sufficiently to make its greater transverse dimension substantially equal to the internal diameter of the hollowshaft, means by which Ylubricant advanced bylthe second specified meansis introduced into the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube on one side of the flattened Zoneof the tube, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube tothe valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which the first .specified means is connected to one end of the tube so that engine temperature regulating liquid ows through the latter in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the aperture between the tube and the hollow shaft when the engine is operating.

7. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system which includes a temperature regulating liquid jacket and means for ycirculating temperature regulating 4liquid through it, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism whichincludes a hollow shaft, a tube which extends through and is radially spaced from the Vhollow shaft, a tube which encircles therst specified tube and is radially spaced from it and the hollow shaft and closed at one end, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into the aperture between the specied tubes near the closed end of the second specified tube, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from the aperture between the hollow shaft and the second specified tube to the Valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which the first specified means is connected to one end of the first specified tube so that engine temperature regulating liquid flows through the latter in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the aperture between the specied tubes when the engine is operating.

8. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid Jrernperature regulating system which includes a Jr-eniperature regulating liquid jacket and means for circulating temperature regulating liquid through it, means for advancing lubricant to moving parts, valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a member in which there is a U-shaped duct and subdivides the hollow shaft transversely except at one end, means by which lubricant advanced by the second specified means is introduced into one of the apertures between the hollow shaft and the specified member near the end at which the apertures do not communicate, valve rocker arms mounted on the hollow shaft, orifices in the hollow shaft through which lubricant may pass from one of the apertures between it and the specified member to the valve rocker arm bearings, and means by which the first specified means is connected to one leg of the U-shaped duct so that engine ternperature regulating liquid flows through the duct in heat exchanging relation with the lubricant in the apertures between the hollow shaft and the duct when the engine is operating.

9. In valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a member mounted so that it rocks on the hollow shaft, an orifice which leads from the interior of the hollow shaft to the bearing of the member on the hollow shaft, and means for advancing lubricant into the hollow shaft and thence through the orifice to the bearing of the member on the hollow shaft: means for reg'- ulating the temperature of 'the valve mechanism including a tube within the hollow shaft, and means -for advancing a temperature regulating medium through the tube in heat exchanging? relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft.

1G. In valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, members mounted so that they rock on the hollow shaft at different points in its length, an orifice which leads from the interiori of the hollow shaftto the bearing of each of the members on the hollow shaft, and -means for advancing lubricant into the. hollow shaft and thence through the orifices to the bearings of the members on the hollow shaft: means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism including a'tube which is disposed within the hollow shaft and extends approximately from the orifice nearest one to the orifice nearest the other end of the hollow shaft, and means for advancing a temperature regulating medium through `the tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft.

11. In. an internal combustion engine ywhich includes a liquid temperature regulating system?.

with means in it for advancing temperature regu- `lating liquid through the system, a lubricating system with means in it for advancing lubricant through the system, and valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, a member mounted so that it rocks on the hollow shaft, and an orice which leadsV from they interior of the hollow shaft Vto the bearing of the member on the hollow shaft,

the means for advancing lubricant through the lubricating system being connected to the hollow shaft so that it advances lubricant into the hollow shaft and then-ce through the orifice to the bearing of the member on the hollow shaft: means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism including a tube within the hollow shaft connected to the means for advancing temperature regulating liquid through the temperature regulating system so that the latter advances temperature regulating liquid through the tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft.

12. In an internal combustion engine which includes a liquid temperature regulating system with means in it for advancing temperature regulating liquid through the system, a lubricating system with means in it for advancing lubricant through the system, and valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, members mounted so that they rock on the hollow shaft at different pointsin its length, and an orifice which leadsl from the interior of the hollow shaft to the bear-` ing of each of the members on the hollow shaft,l

the means for advancinglubricant through the lubricating system being connected to the hollow shaft so that it advances lubricant into the hollow shaft and thence through the orifices to the bearings of the members on the hollow shaft: means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism including a tube which is disposed within the hollow shaft and extends approximately from the orifice nearest one to the orifice nearest the other end of the hollow shaft and is connected to the means for advancing temperature regulating liquid through the temperature regulating system so that the latter advances temperature regulating liquid through the tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft.

13. In valve mechanism, a hollow shaft, members mounted so that they rock on the hollow shaft at different points in its length, an orifice which leads from the interior of the hollow shaft to the bearing of each of the members on the hollow shaft, means for advancing lubricant into the hollow shaft and thence through the orifices to the bearings of the members on the hollow shaft, and means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism including a tube within the hollow shaft and means for advancing a temperature regulating medium through the tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft-the: arrangement being such that it tends to effect uniform regulation of the temperature of the valve mechanism at the several points in the length of the hollow shaft that the members are mounted on it.

14. In an internal combustion engine, a liquid temperature regulating system with means in it for advancing temperature regulating liquid through the system, a lubricating system with means in it for advancing lubricant through the system, valve mechanism which includes a hollow shaft, members mounted so that they rock on the 'v hollow shaft at different points in its length, an

orifice which leads from the interior of the hollow shaft to the bearing of each of the members on the hollow shaft, the means for advancing lubricant through the lubricating system being connected to the hollow shaft so that it advances lubricant into the hollow shaft and thence through the orices to the bearings of the members on the hollow shaft, and means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism including a tube which is disposed within the hollow shaft and connected to the means for advancing temperature regulating liquid through the temperature regulating system so that the latter advances temperature regulating liquid through the tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollow shaft-the arrangement being such that it tends to effect uniform regulation of the temperature of the valve mechanism at the several points in the length of the hollow shaft that the members are mounted on it.

15. In valve mechanism, a hollow shaft, members mounted so that they rock on the hollow shaft at different points in its length, an orifice which leads from the interior of the hollow shaft to the bearing of each of the members on the hollow shaft, means for introducing lubricant into the hollow shaft approximately midway between its ends and advancing lubricant from the interior of the hollow shaft through the orifices to the bearings of the members on the hollow shaft, and means for regulating the temperature of the valve mechanism rincluding a tube which is disposed within the hollow shaft and extends approximately from the orifice nearest one to the orifice nearest the other end of the hollow shaft and means for advancing a temperature regulating medium through vthe tube in heat exchanging relation to the lubricant within the hollowshaft.

16. The valve mechanism claimed in claim l in which the orices are disposed on the side of the tube opposite that on which lubricant is introduced into the hollow shaft.

17. The internal combustion engine defined by claim 1 in which the orifices are disposed on the side of the tube opposite that on which lubricant is introduced into the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube.

18. The internal combustion engine dened by claim 6 in which the orifices are disposed on the side of the tube opposite that on which lubricant is introduced into the aperture between the hollow shaft and the tube.

CHARLES A. CHAYNE. JOHN DoLzA. 

